Quoting: EikeDo you have data about these wildly differing results? These are for the next state elections here (Bavaria)...
http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm [External Link]

I have no idea how the political system works over there and to be honest, I don't really understand too much about our (Australian) political system (only the American system makes sense to me, for unimportant reasons)... But I do know that in Australia, when they publish their polls in the news every week or every time a politician does something "newsworthy", you'll see wildly different results depending on which company the news is using for their source.

Maybe it's different in your country, but that's how it is here in Australia and that was my point - the Steam survey is similar in the sense that one should take its findings with a grain of salt, for a laundry list of reasons (one of which being the well-publicised Linux bug)

Quoting: EikeI don't understand your last phrase... Did anybody claim Steam polls are querying every user?!?

The "survey" file (which indicates the date the survey was last supposedly run) seems to think that three of the different computers running various versions of Ubuntu in our house and used by different people have all had the survey in the last twelve months, when in reality, none of us have... That would be Valve Software claiming to query me, when it has not in fact done so.

And no it's not "user error" (e.g. accidentally closing the survey) - we have a limited number of computers in the house running an Apple mac OS or Microsoft Windows-based operating system, all of which have been able to complete the survey just fine...

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Quoting: SolitaryValve is most likely doing proper QA on their own and it takes time.

Hopefully that is the case, because the long-term benefits will far outweigh the short-term benefits if true... My understanding however (based on something I read somewhere, can't remember where), was that Valve were using SPCR as a primary reference point.

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Quoting: BotonoskiHere's an alphabetized and less cluttered list of the games added to the whitelist:
AdVenture Communist
AFTERGRINDER
Bejeweled® 3
Castle Crashers®
Cat Goes Fishing
Coffee Shop Tycoon
Coloring Pixels
Commander Keen
Everyday Shooter
Fieldrunners 2
Guacamelee! 2
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
HeXen: Beyond Heretic
HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
Mugsters
Overcooked
Puzzle Agent
Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock
Sam & Max 102: Situation: Comedy
Sam & Max 103: The Mole
Sam & Max 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die!
Sam & Max 105: Reality 2.0
Sam & Max 106: Bright Side of the Moon
Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa
Sam & Max 202: Moai Better Blues
Sam & Max 203: Night of the Raving Dead
Sam & Max 204: Chariots of the Dogs
Sam & Max 205: What's New Beelzebub?
Sam & Max 301: The Penal Zone
Sam & Max 302: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Sam & Max 303: They Stole Max's Brain!
Sam & Max 304: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
Sam & Max 305: The City That Dares Not Sleep
Spelunky
Stick Fight: The Game
The Witness
VirtuaCreature
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Zen of Sudoku

So in other words, if you're not a Sam & Max fan, it's actually a pretty small list.

Strange, considering there's apparently a lot more games which have complete "platinum" results [External Link]... I would have thought that many of those would be added to the "whitelist" in the next update.

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Quoting: EikeHow often have you been asked which party you're going to vote for lately? Still, there's quite accurate data about voting estimations.

I beg to differ, because the voting polls often vary wildly from company to company (that conducts the polls)(in Australia at least)... They are a rough guide at best - but they also do not claim that I have participated when I have not.

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Quoting: ison111I actually just got the survey today for the first time in over 2 years.

The last time I had it was approximately six years ago - back when I ran Microsoft Windows 8... Of course, if you open the survey file and check the date, it thinks I complete one at the start of this year; the same is true for the rest of the Linux computers in our house (but different dates).

Yet according to Valve, it's all a conspiracy theory, because "the survey works as designed".

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If only they'd fix the damn survey bug... You know, the one that doesn't exist.

*Rolls eyes*

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Quoting: PikoloThere is a reason the only North Korean OS was Android based - Linux is the easiest place to start.

On the desktop, "Red Star OS [External Link]" has always been based on "traditional" Linux (not Android)... The "mobile" version - based off Android - is a recent thing, from the last year or so.

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I just wish they'd make Cities: Skylines available on GOG.com - I own the game, but I refuse to buy any of the DLC until they release it on GOG.com, then I'll buy all of the DLC (in addition to re-purchasing the game)... It's clearly possible, because Cities: Skylines is available on loads of non-Steam platforms (some people argue they haven't done it yet because of its Steam integration).

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Quoting: PatolaI wishlisted this game to buy at some sales. It seems amazing. But even after reading two dozen reviews, I can't understand why its steam ratings are so low. Is it being review-bombed or something? Can anyone explain that?

I find the game a little confusing, though this is largely because of the context of the game and the fact that things work differently to how they would in a "typical" city-simulator (i.e. on Earth)... Furthermore, Surviving Mars still lacks a "freeplay" mode as found in most other city-simulators (including Cities: Skylines, from the same developer), plus the developers have repeatedly neglected to address a bug disabling mod support in the Linux version (they're aware of this bug, too - it has been extensively discussed in their official forums and some users have even technical filed bug reports).

In their defence, the developers have introduced a tutorial mode in recent updates, but the game still feels a little like a beta... It's not a bad game and I prefer to concept of Mars over a typical city (space nerd here), but those rough edges are a bit of a let-down for me.

I'd still recommend others purchase Surviving Mars, as it's lots of fun... But if you're expecting something to the same standard as Cities: Skylines, you've got unrealistic expectations.

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Just putting it out there, who really cares about whether Arnvidr is using a legal copy of Microsoft Windows 10 or not?

I don't use a Microsoft Windows-based operating system and I don't understand their licensing policies, nor do I care to... But If he/she chooses to steal the world's best example of spyware, then I don't think any of us are going to change his/her mind with what we post here.

Meanwhile, back in the Linux Community, Valve Software is pushing ahead with updates to Steam Play's Proton...

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